Florida cichlids

[MelissaRoberts]

Does anybody know what species of wild cichlids in Florida I can catch and put in my tank legally?

 

[FishEggs]

Do you have a fishing license? If not, none of them.
I'll be down in Florida in just over a week. Hoping to find some natives down there myself.

 

[MelissaRoberts]

That’s cool what part of Florida you coming to

 

[MelissaRoberts]

I have a boyfriend so I really have to ask him if it’s ok first.

 

[FishEggs]

Taking my son to see LEGOland and Sea World and Discovery Cove.
Hoping in between all of that i can find a spot or two to fish out some nice little specimens.

 

[MelissaRoberts]

I know of a nice pier here in Englewood where I live

 

[MelissaRoberts]

I can give you the address when you get here. Are you married may I ask

 

[FishEggs]

Thats a bit far from where we will be.

 

[MelissaRoberts]

That’s my tank.

 

[FishEggs]

Looks like a good start. Is this the one you're going to put native fishes in?

Bob Boch Sonny Disposition probably knows about the fish you can collect there.

 

[MelissaRoberts]

Yes

 

[lock jaw]

Nice tanks what kind of wild cichlids do you want to put in there?

 

[MelissaRoberts]

It already has an electric blue And two fire mouths. Plus two placostumis and a orange peacock.

 

[MelissaRoberts]

Just wondering what I can catch native to Florida.

 

[lock jaw]

How big are they? This forum has people with more experience than me but I don't think all these species will get along when they become adults. When I had one electric blue he was so aggressive to my peacocks, he killed one too.

 

[MelissaRoberts]

They are almost full grown and get along for the most part. All though the electric blue chased a female out of the tank while trying to mate with her.

 

[lock jaw]

Well you should get 2 or 3 more females for one male if you want to breed them. Otherwise he will harass and maybe kill her.

 

[MelissaRoberts]

Ya I know I wasn’t thinking about that at the time though. But I also did not intentionally get a mail and female. I got them at pet supper market and they do not know how to tell the difference.

 

[etu1002]

The tank is only supported by bricks on two sides and it’s a 90 gallon?

 

[lock jaw]

Haha I didnt even notice that. That fish next to the red flower like thing looks like a Mbuna cichlid.